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NewsCQC review uncovers nursing failures and poor staff supervision
Nursing failures and poor staff supervision were discovered at a mental health unit after an investigation into the deaths of six elderly patients, the Care Quality Commission has said.
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NewsMSPs back Parkinson's care changes
Members of Scottish parliament have agreed to take action to ensure people with Parkinson’s disease are given their medication on time when they are admitted to hospital.
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NewsNHS London loses another three board members
NHS London has lost a further three members of its board, leading to crisis talks over its ability to retain enough non executives to pass decisions.
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NewsCall for lifestyle tax rises to cut NHS spending
More than a third of people believe higher taxes on alcohol, cigarettes and unhealthy food would be the most effective way of cutting NHS spending, a survey has found.
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NewsCalls for 'inclusive' commissioning
A meeting bringing together health professionals from across the UK has been held to debate the future of clinician-led commissioning.
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NewsNHS staff vetting plans to be scaled back
Home secretary, Theresa May, has promised to scale back “draconian” plans for vetting people working with children and vulnerable adults to bring in more “common sense”.
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NewsBoard member exodus leaves NHS London at risk
NHS London is in talks with the Department of Health amid fears it will imminently have too few board members to take constitutionally sound decisions, HSJ has learned.
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NewsBAMM ceases trading days before annual conference
The influential British Association of Medical Managers has ceased trading, just days before its annual conference.
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NewsHospital manager sacked for inquiry interference
A senior hospital manager has been sacked after trying to suppress the details of how a 20-year-old man died, an NHS trust has said.
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NewsBusiness leaders call for public sector pay freeze
Business leaders have urged the government to introduce an immediate two-year pay freeze in the public sector and drop “unsustainable” pledges to maintain spending on health and overseas aid.
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NewsRegional health differences increase cancer risk
Thousands of cancer cases could be prevented every year if people from poorer backgrounds were as healthy as the rich, figures have shown.
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NewsOrgan donors offered free taxi ride
A new campaign has been launched in London which offers a free taxi ride to people if they sign up to an organ donation register.
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NewsKnighthood for NHS leader
The chairman of the NHS Confederation, Keith Pearson, has been knighted for services to the NHS in the Queen’s birthday honours list.
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NewsRevised operating framework to pave way for abolition of waiting targets
A revised NHS operating framework due to be issued by the Department of Health next week will set out a timetable to abolish several NHS waiting time targets by 2011.
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NewsMore than 100 candidates stand in first two health board elections
Twenty two people were directly elected onto two Scottish regional NHS boards last night in an experiment to test the impact of democratisation.
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NewsNHS budget 'should not be protected'
NHS spending should not escape the impending budget cuts that will affect the rest of the public sector, a think tank has said.
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NewsScottish health spending struggles to improve outcomes
Health outcomes in Scotland have not improved as much as expected, despite higher staffing and spending per patient than in England, a study has found.
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NewsGPs suggest cutting NHS Direct
Getting rid of the NHS Direct telephone service could be one way of cutting back on health spending, an annual conference of GPs was told.
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NewsPCTs to lose responsibility for GPs
Primary care trusts will have their responsibilities radically stripped back under plans being developed by health secretary Andrew Lansley.
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NewsDorrell elected health committee chair
Stephen Dorrell has been elected chair of the Commons health select committee in the first ever election for the post.